Aerial machine.



L. E. CLAWSON.

AERIAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 190a.

Patented Sept. 27,1910

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AERIAL MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 5, 190a.

Patented Sept. 27,1910.

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CLAWSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AERIAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910.

Application filed November 5, 1908. Serial No. 461,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD E. CLAwsoN, citizen of the United 'States, residing in'the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Aerial Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus which is especially designed for propulsion through the air;

It consists in a combination of parts, and in details .of construction which willbe more fu'llyllexpia'inedby reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1- is-a-side elevation of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a lan view. F-ig. 3 isa fragmentary vertica sectional View. Fig. 4 is a plan of a fluid transmitting engine. Fig. 5 1s a sectional elevation of a pair of Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the rudder and its operating transmitters. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of an aeroplane wing, with a connected engine member.

It is the object of my invention to provide ropelling, carrying mechanism, and aerop anes or wings,

backward direction in simulation of the are combined with a gas-holder of limited area desi ed to only partiallg support the weight oFthe apparatus; the riving mechanism and aeroplanes being de ended upon for actually raising and prope ling the dev1ce..

A is a gas-holder of suitable sha e and size, thoughpreferably an elongate cyliner having i'ts ends converged so as to reduce the resistance offered to air to as little as possible' the holder being secured to and properly distended by a suitable lightweight frame, and is adapted to constantly retain a suflicient supply of gas to keep the ap aratus comparatively buoyant.

uitable aeroplane or wing-frames 2, covered with a desirable material to form wings 3, are mounted at their inner ends 8 so as to be movable in a downward and mode of action of the wings of a flying bird, and this motion of the wings 3 gives such necessary addition to the buoyancy of the as-holder A as will enable the operator to andle the apparatus with little dilficulty. The inner ends 8 of each wing-frame 2 are suitably connected to shafts 27, of trans- 615; imparted to which the vibrating motion is mitters 7 by the wings 3, power to drive each transmitter being derived from a suitable motor 7 I prefer to employ, as a power transmitting device, a hydraulic motor, such as 7, of well known strength and efficiency which is connected by fluid-containing tubes 12, with a suflicient number of motors or transmitters 7 as may be required to operate each wing-frame 2. The prime motor 7 is securely hung in a car or basket depending from the gas-holder and is provided with pedals 10 upon which the operator may throw his entire weight, first on one and then on the other, to force an inelastic fluid through the connecting tubes 12 to the several transmitters 7. I The motor 7 and the transmitters 7 are of the same general strucof cylinder 26, circulating through tubes 12 of the several transmitters 7 and effecting a uniform movement of the wings 3.

The oscillation of the wings may be slow or rapid as desired when the machine is in motion, and, if it isQwished, may be held motionless when soaring, thus forming aeroplanes. It is to be noticed that the transmitters 7 and the wings 3 are mounted diagonally to the axis of the gas-holder A, and, in consequence, the flapping movements of the wings will also be diagonal, which combined downward and backward movements acts both to lift and propel the machine.

So disposed as to be convenient to the operator are duplex or similar motors 8 designed to be operated by hand cranks 11, and one of the motors 8 is'efiective through conducting tubes 12, and a transmitter 13 to elevate or depress a'suitable rudder 14, while the adjacent motor 8 is adapted, through similar means, to actuate the rudder 14 in a horizontal plane.

I have thus provided a machine in which the lifting and steering mechanism is actuated by ower generated by the operator .himseli, t us giving him absolute control of these elements, but in conjunction therewith I may employ a suitable propeller 20 to which power may be furnished by a motor 21 of any preferred design or character.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An aerial apparatus including a frame, oscillating liquid-containing transmitters and wings fixed to the shafts thereof, a n10- tor adapted to actuate said wings, liquid circulating pipes connecting the motor and wing transmitters, guiding rudders, transmitters connected therewith, motors and pipes connecting with said rudder-controlling transmitters, foot-pedal levers upon the shaft of the motor actuating the wings, and hand levers upon the shafts of the rudder motors.

2. An aerial apparatus including a frame, diagonally mounted wings and liquid filled transmitters, with shafts to which the wings are fixed, rudders turnable upon the frame, transmitters connected to said rudders, a pedalactuated motor with transmission pipes connecting it with the wing transmit= ters, manually actuated motors, pipes connecting said motors with the rudder controlling transmitters, the several motors be- 1 ing capable of operation by the weight and manua power of a single person.'

3. The combination in an apparatus of the character described, of a supporting frame, pivoted wing aeroplanes, and a hori zontally and vertically turnable rudder, a plurality of transmitters acting at right angles to each other and connected to the rudder, and fluid-containing motors, and connections through which power may be transmitted to control the rudder.

4;1he combination in an apparatus of the character described, of a main frame, pivoted wing aeroplanes, a horizontally and vertically turnable rudder, transmitting mechanism connected with the wings and with the rudder, pedal and manually-actuated motors, connections between the transmitting mechanism and the motors, and a propeller, and an engine connected therewith. i v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD E. CLAW SON. Witnesses:

Gno. H. STRONG, CHARLES EDELMAN. 

